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(CNN) The tag “Made in Taiwan” has come a long way since the island first emerged as a post-war manufacturing powerhouse.

Once the source of many of the world’s cheap goods, Taiwan had become a global force in electronics industry by 1990s. In the process, industrial design has moved away from traditional low-cost production to the creation of original, high-value products.

Now, the island’s creative industries are striving to replace the once-ubiquitous “made in Taiwan” with a label befitting of the present day: “Designed in Taiwan”